The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-07-21
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a few inS 4stcss where producers who
have nofM sofreely desired to sell or
where tb I'd for full rates. Busi-
ness for ;stt deliveries is mostly
IN abeyan 20. lyers and sellers ere
apart, and Ia merchants as a rule
have bougk ,t sss except in a few
cases wherev N ,lemand is chiefly for
plain staples
LoNDot ,zss COMMENT.
LONDON, ID ,I,, 1.-The Times, re.
ferring to cd nooSions made by the
conservative S;Lail-unionists, SAYS:
The lord cbamA lin was the princi-
pal agent il coSDoIding negotiations
between the gornment and the
unionIsts. The Nd this morning
reiterates its cry for nifty among the
| unionists. 1t 81 &c his source of
weakness will be antrent so long as
lord Salisbury is ca2elled to declare
himself in the minoIty. New appeals
should be made To he unionists to
take their places in the ministerial
ranks
The NelcS SAYS lori Salisbury has
capitulated on terIen.. lat do hsnor
to his cynical fraknkIss. The gov
ernment has beent brayed to the
Irish landlords for fheak Of union |
and Office. The po fRerof the Irish |
commissioners TO reace judicial !
rents will be valid fpr 20 years, at |
the end of which thine Is expected !
the purchasers bill iwilbe in opera |
ton.
HOWELL NOT s. fIsEEp.
Howell has notified Flower that he !
will call the attention of he house
of commons to Fowle.Fs ..Hduct in .
calling Howell "a damned lar. F.!
DAMAGED THE vESsE,. !;
New YORK. July 90 Ile S1H
says: "Private letters fronA officers
and machinists on board the new .
steel cruiser Atlanta say iiat dur :
ing the target practice in GsTdaer's !
bay the day before yesterday the !
eight-inch bow and stern Rlrbette /
pivot guns recoiled with such force
as to tear loose the trucks on which |
they turn and also 10 rip up portion /
of the heavy gun deck. These guns
are the heaviest afioat IN the service,
and were tested on board the ship by
our naval officers. Just how severe
the damage is could not be earned"
HEAVY Loss
BERGEN PoINF. 4. j.. july %
The Standard Oil company's fire at
Constable Hook is now under clntrol
The loss ia estimated at about s 800
600. |
ANOTHER ACCOUNT. !
New YORK, July 20.-By six O'dock
this morning the great fire at the
Standard Oil company's works as
Constable Hook, New jersey, was unA
der control. Two large warehouses
and three tanks, four big docks, and
over ten thousand barrels Of oil have y,
been destroyed. At the docks there
had been large number of vessels;
these had, however, been towed ont
First one of the piers took f1e-ahd
then another and another till every
one of the large piers were on fire,
casting lurid glare on New York
bay. By this time the fire tugs had
arrived and fought the fire from the
water; each threw several streams
upon the piers and it was only by the
united efforts of men and tugs that
they checked the flames.
LET Us HAVE PEACE.
New YORK, July 20.-The World
notices the fact that governor Hill,
Manning, Conrad Jordan
and Dan Lamont have been spending
the past few days at Lcng Beach to-
gether. 1t asks, "Does this mean
peace%
WANT THE OLD RAFE.
New YORK, July 20.-The union
have given notice that
they want the old rate of wages, sixty
cents an hour for night work and for
work done on Sundays and other hol-
idays.
CLEvE' BACK AGAIN.
WAsHINGroN, July 20.-President
Cleveland and party arrived in Wash
ington this morning at ten O'Clock.
GOT OUT OF THE ASYLUM.
PARIS, July 20.-Baron Seillecere,
a rich Frenchman. who W as placed in
the lunatic asylum by his relatives
who charged that he was insane over
an imaginary fortune which he had
made in America, has been released
from the asylum.
GLAD TO HAVE HIM COME.
VIENNA, July 20.-The press vel.
comes emperor William to Austria in
an unusually warm manner.
IN A GOLD BOX.
DUBLIN, July 20.-In compliance
with a request made by the Parnell-
ite members of the house of COM
mons, lord mayor Sullivan has called
a meeting of the municipal council |
for Friday when the freedom OF the
city will be conferred on VIM. O'Bri-
en-, the city editor of United Ireland,
and Hon. P. Collins, OF Boston.
TWO PRIZES WON.
LONDON, July 20.-The rife con-
test for the Kolapore cup took place |
at Wimbledon to-day. The English |
team won with an aggregate score of |
10; the Canadian team second, 669. |
The second prize which the Canadian |
team were awarded, was eighty |
pounds sterling.